Impact Stories

OCT 3 By Joanna Krause, Executive Director With minutes to spare before the October 1st deadline, the Office of the President submitted the fiscal year 2021 Presidential Determination to Congress: the United States will resettle a maximum of 15,000 refugees in the 2021 fiscal year. Now, we wait to see if Congress will approve this…

SEP 28 2020 By Lauren Husband, Communications Team Monga has been an important member of the Canopy family since his arrival in 2017. Monga’s family fled the Democratic Republic of Congo due to civil war and insurgent violence when he was 10 years old and found refuge at a camp in Burundi for 16 years….

SEP 12 2020 As you may have expected, our annual fundraiser is looking a little different this year. In the space of what historically has been our single-evening Art of Welcome gala event, we are holding a week-long virtual fundraising event—and let me tell you, we are excited! Follow along as we host an entire…

AUG 31 2020 By Lauren Husband, Communications Team Right now, the current administration is considering how many refugees to resettle in Fiscal Year 2021. Fiscal Year 2021 begins October 1, 2020— just over one month from now. Since the U.S. refugee resettlement program was established in 1980, the U.S. has set an average annual refugee…

AUG 24 2020 The American education system is in a period of transition right now— some schools have gone fully virtual, some are in-person, and others are somewhere in between— But what’s going on around the world? By Lauren Husband, Communications Team Have you ever wondered what it’s like to grow up in a refugee…

JUL 27 2020 By Emily Crane Linn, Canopy’s Outgoing Executive Director We have a very exciting announcement to share with you! After a year and a half of research and planning, we are thrilled to share that we are rolling out a new program: Canopy’s New American Dreams! Our New American Dreams program will provide…

JUL 20 2020 By Lauren Husband, Communications Team What is the American Dream? Does the idea conjure images of white picket fences and homemade pies, or Hollywood Boulevard and NYC sky rises? For Majidi, and so many other refugees, the American Dream is simply being able to think past the needs of the moment— to…

JUL 13 2020 — How Governor Hutchinson became an advocate for refugee resettlement. By Hannah Lee, Director of Community Engagement Take a moment to step back in time with me. The year is 2015, the height of the national media’s coverage on the Syrian Refugee Crisis. As concern for refugees around the globe grows, many…

JUL 10 2020 By Emily Crane Linn, Executive Director So much has happened since we made the difficult decision to shift to remote services in March. As we all know, Washington and Benton counties are two major hotspots for Covid-19 right now. The outbreak has been particularly prevalent in poultry plants, where many of our…

JUL 6 2020 By Lauren Husband, Communications Team Although the United States is a nation founded by refugees and is known for its reputation as a refuge for immigrants around the world, we’ve only had comprehensive refugee admission policies for 40 years. The Refugee Act of 1980 standardized federally-supported resettlement services for all refugees admitted…